Abscond abscond you vagabond rat but leave me that gunny and the tall straw hatSell you the pastry and the cannonball tat and the skipping ropes and the old goose-fatTake you the bowery and that bovine catLeave the peacock feather pinched from my cap

Depart depart oh rotten fiend you And stir up the soup and obsidian stew The stairs are broken and the roof is not new And the maggoty offal is turning to blue The silence between us it grows as it grewTall dance the poppies on this heart you slew

Begone begone you wiley judge oldWith your whiskers and whispering voice in the coldGather the terrapins and the housepig boldAnd cast them out, for the seller got soldFor I taught you a lesson, but it was I who got told Now you'll dance and laugh at the night till it folds

We'll laugh at the beauty, the sadness, the hate We'll laugh at our laughing, the darkness negate The sand will slip through our fingers at a terrible rateFor I was the rod and you the bait And I'll catch you walking, in some woman's gaitCatch your memory wandering - that is my fate